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All titles here are strictly legal dramas, some older, such as 1951, and some are completely new, even some that haven't been released yet, such as the spin off from Suits, "Second Chance" reviving Jessica Pearson's role as a hotshot attorney navigating the legal community in Chicago.
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- CreatorJohn EisendrathStarsJimmy SmitsCarly PopeDavid RamseyA former Supreme Court Justice starts his own law firm.
- CreatorRobert L. BoyettRobert HornStarsKelsey GrammerMartin LawrenceRory O'MalleyTwo Chicago lawyers from vastly different backgrounds unexpectedly meet in court as they each face a personal crisis. Marcus Jackson (Martin Lawrence) is a kind-hearted community activist going through a heartbreaking divorce when he meets Allen Braddock (Kelsey Grammer), an elitist lawyer who has just been fired from his father's firm. Brought together by fate and desperation, they develop a partnership and friendship, forcing each other to find the balance between the ethical and the unscrupulous in both their professional and personal lives.
- CreatorAaron KorshStarsGabriel MachtPatrick J. AdamsMeghan MarkleOn the run from a drug deal gone bad, brilliant college dropout Mike Ross finds himself working with Harvey Specter, one of New York City's best lawyers.
- CreatorDaniel ArkinAaron KorshStarsGina TorresBethany Joy LenzSimon KassianidesAttorney Jessica Pearson enters the complex and seedy world of Chicago politics.
- CreatorPeter DuncanPeter TolanStarsGreg KinnearJohn OrtizMiranda OttoAn outspoken and self-destructive criminal defense lawyer takes on the most challenging cases.
- CreatorIan BiedermanStarsJames WoodsDanielle PanabakerSophina BrownSebastian Stark is a well-known Los Angeles attorney who leaves his lucrative career defending wealthy criminals to be a prosecutor for the district attorney.
- CreatorDavid E. KelleyStarsJames SpaderWilliam ShatnerCandice BergenBoston Legal is a spin-off of the long-running David E. Kelley series The Practice (1997), following the exploits of former Practice character Alan Shore (James Spader) at the legal firm of Crane, Poole, and Schmidt.
- CreatorDavid E. KelleyStarsDylan McDermottKelli WilliamsLara Flynn BoyleWe follow the exploits and cases of defense attorneys of a Boston law firm. Bobby Donnell is the senior defense attorney and founder of the firm.
- CreatorDeborah Joy LeVineStarsPatricia WettigAnnabeth GishRobin GivensThis series portrays every-day life in one courthouse, mostly dealing with trials and tribulations of people who are employed there - judges, district attorneys and public defenders.
- CreatorSteven BochcoDavid FeigeStarsMark-Paul GosselaarGloria ReubenCurrie GrahamFormer law-school classmates reunite in court when they take on rival clients.
- DirectorRob ReinerStarsTom CruiseJack NicholsonDemi MooreMilitary lawyer Lieutenant Daniel Kaffee defends Marines accused of murder. They contend they were acting under orders.
- DirectorBilly WilderStarsTyrone PowerMarlene DietrichCharles LaughtonA veteran British barrister must defend his client in a murder trial that has surprise after surprise.
- CreatorDick WolfRick EidStarsJerry OrbachJesse L. MartinDennis FarinaNew York's finest police detectives and prosecutors fight to make the city a safer place. With integrity as the guiding force from investigation to verdict, the teams weigh every perspective in their commitment to finding justice.
- CreatorRick EidWalon GreenDick WolfStarsEric BalfourJordan BridgesMilena GovichADA Alexandra Cabot from "Law & Order: Special Victims Unit" returns as the bureau chief for the group of young ADAs. According to Dick Wolf, "'Conviction' will be a 'charactercedural,' we will be dealing extensively with characters' back stories and personal lives."
- CreatorDick WolfStarsBradley WalshRobert GlenisterHarriet WalterUK version of the long-running U.S. TV drama that tells the stories of two separate yet equally important groups: the police, who investigate crime; and the attorneys, who prosecute the offenders.
- CreatorDick WolfStarsBebe NeuwirthAmy CarlsonKirk AcevedoThe series showed the workings of the judicial system, beginning with the arraignment, and continuing through the lawyers process of building a case, investigating leads, and preparing witnesses and defendants for trial.
- CreatorRene BalcerStarsEdie FalcoGus HalperMiles Gaston VillanuevaBehind the murders of a Hollywood movie executive and his former beauty queen wife by their sons.
- CreatorReginald RoseStarsE.G. MarshallRobert ReedPolly RowlesA father and son lawyer duo take a variety of cases that often deal with the important issues of the day.
- CreatorGlenn KesslerTodd A. KesslerDaniel ZelmanStarsGlenn CloseRose ByrneTate DonovanA law school graduate becomes the protégée of a successful high-stakes litigator.
- StarsChuck ConnorsBen GazzaraRoger PerryLos Angeles is where Sergeant Nick Anderson and his fellow officers work to keep the streets safe. After the arrest of the accused, attorney John Egan plans their defense, while the prosecution is led by Jerry Miller.
- DirectorMartin CampbellStarsGary OldmanKevin BaconTess HarperA Boston defense attorney gets his wealthy client off for murder, then suspects him of killing again.
- CreatorSteven BochcoDavid FeigeStarsMark-Paul GosselaarGloria ReubenCurrie GrahamFormer law-school classmates reunite in court when they take on rival clients.
- CreatorJimmy McGovernStarsMichael MaloneyChord MelodicAndrew ReadmanCreated by Jimmy McGovern, each episode of this series examines a person who is accused of a crime and what led them to end up in the Dock.
- CreatorPaul T. ScheuringStarsDominic PurcellWentworth MillerAmaury NolascoA structural engineer installs himself in a prison he helped design, in order to save his falsely accused brother from a death sentence by breaking themselves out from the inside.Seasons 1 and 3 both have a recurring court case.
- DirectorHeywood GouldStarsBill PullmanRobert LoggiaBlair UnderwoodA policeman is upset that a man he arrested for killing two cops may be freed on a technicality. He therefore takes matters into his own hands to try the case.
- StarsMichael KitchenSean GallagherCaroline CatzThis the original British version of the 2000 American remake starring Bill Pullman.
- CreatorAaron SorkinStarsMartin SheenRob LoweAllison JanneyInside the lives of staffers in the West Wing of the White House.Some recurring subplots where characters are having to testify or go to court with federal divisions.
- CreatorDavid HollanderStarsSimon BakerAlan RosenbergRaphael SbargeNick Fallin is a hotshot lawyer working at his father's ultrasuccessful Pittsburgh law firm. Unfortunately, the high life has gotten the best of Nick.
- CreatorSteven BochcoAlison CrossStarsKim DelaneyTom Everett ScottRick HoffmanA new lawyer tries to maintain her distance from her sometimes guilty clients, but building a good rep threatens to overcome her passion.
- DirectorMarc ColucciStarsWilliam ForsytheAndrew DivoffZofia GozynskaWhat happens when a law student breaks the law to pay for law school?
- DirectorGary FlederStarsJohn CusackRachel WeiszGene HackmanA juror on the inside and a woman on the outside manipulate a court trial involving a major gun manufacturer.
- CreatorLukas ReiterStarsJosh LucasCallum Keith RennieMolly ParkerDefense Attorney Mitch McDeere is targeted for execution by the Chicago Mob in retaliation for bringing down a profitable Mob-operated Memphis law firm ten years earlier.
- DirectorSydney PollackStarsTom CruiseJeanne TripplehornGene HackmanA young lawyer joins a prestigious law firm only to discover that it has a sinister dark side.
- DirectorSteven ZaillianStarsJohn TravoltaRobert DuvallKathleen QuinlanA tenacious lawyer takes on a case involving two companies responsible for causing several children to be diagnosed with leukemia due to the town's water supply being contaminated, at the risk of bankrupting his firm and career.
- CreatorDavid GuggenheimStarsKiefer SutherlandAdan CantoItalia RicciA low-level Cabinet member becomes President of the United States after a catastrophic attack kills everyone above him in the line of succession.Season 2 has a notable court battle and a brief recurring child custody in Season 1.
- CreatorSteven BochcoTerry Louise FisherStarsCorbin BernsenJill EikenberryAlan RachinsThe lives and work of the staff of a major Los Angeles law firm.
- DirectorMike RobeStarsBill PullmanMarcia Gay HardenRichard SchiffA man accused of killing his mistress twenty years previously is arrested again on suspicion of murdering his wife.
- StarsHector ElizondoBrian DennehyMel HarrisStill recuperating from his wife's untimely death, a lawyer must defend his probably dirty brother-in-law, a stockbroker under investigation. He discovers that everyone has dark secrets, including himself.
- DirectorBrian DennehyStarsBrian DennehyBonnie BedeliaFairuza BalkCharlie Sloan is an alcoholic defence lawyer drawn back into the courtroom by Robin Harwell, a woman he once loved who wants him to defend her stepdaughter Angel, who is accused of murder. Sloan is out of his depth as his opponents mount a bitter campaign to portray him as a drunk and the trial becomes a media circus. Can Sloan justify Robin's faith in him?
- DirectorCourtney HuntStarsKeanu ReevesRenée ZellwegerGugu Mbatha-RawA defense attorney works to get his teenage client acquitted of murdering his wealthy father.
- CreatorTyler BensingerDavid McNallyStarsVictor GarberKerr SmithRebecca MaderA powerful Los Angeles law firm handles high-profile, media-circus cases.
- DirectorDeborah Del PreteStarsCady McClainMatthew GalleDoris RobertsWhen an unknown assailant viciously murders the participants in a bank robbery and murder case, it could be a case of vigilante justice - that is, if the two cases are connected. That's for the police to decide - and it's a puzzle that becomes more mysterious with each new clue.
- StarsPaul BhattacharjeeGerard ButlerNina SosanyaTwelve men and women are called for jury service in the retrial of a man accused of a triple murder after the High Court overturns the original verdict.
- CreatorDavid E. KelleyJonathan ShapiroStarsBilly Bob ThorntonNina AriandaTania RaymondeA disgraced lawyer, now an ambulance chaser, gets a case that could bring him redemption or at least revenge on the firm which expelled him.
- CreatorDavid E. KelleyStarsDylan McDermottKelli WilliamsLara Flynn BoyleWe follow the exploits and cases of defense attorneys of a Boston law firm. Bobby Donnell is the senior defense attorney and founder of the firm.
- CreatorDavid E. KelleyStarsJames SpaderWilliam ShatnerCandice BergenBoston Legal is a spin-off of the long-running David E. Kelley series The Practice (1997), following the exploits of former Practice character Alan Shore (James Spader) at the legal firm of Crane, Poole, and Schmidt.
- DirectorSidney LumetStarsPaul NewmanCharlotte RamplingJack WardenAn outcast, alcoholic Boston lawyer sees the chance to salvage his career and self-respect by taking a medical malpractice case to trial rather than settling.
- DirectorSidney LumetStarsNick NolteTimothy HuttonArmand AssanteDirty cop, Mike Brennan thinks he got away with murder. But during a routine Q&A, the righteous assistant DA finds a clue that sets them both on a collision course.
- DirectorBarry LevinsonStarsMichael DouglasDemi MooreDonald SutherlandA computer specialist is sued for sexual harassment by a former lover turned boss who initiated the act forcefully, which threatens both his career and his personal life.
- CreatorGF NewmanStarsMartin ShawJenny SeagroveBarbara ThornSir John Deed, a High Court judge, tries to seek real justice in the cases before him.